In the times of these kings we have the closing days of the kingdom of Judah, after which the dominion was transferred to the Gentiles, and the vessels of Jehovah's house were carried to Babylon (2 Chron. This parable has its allegorical foreshadowing in the reigns of Manasseh and Zedekiah, when through the sin of Manasseh, in the time of Zedekiah, Judah was carried captive by the Babylonians and the temple destroyed. 22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. See Rev. 3:14-22 14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God 15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. The aspect of the last days of professing Christendom is represented as characterized by lukewarmness concerning the vital truths of Christianity, up to the time of the end of the dispensation, when, having failed as an outward witness to the faith once delivered to the saints, it is rejected. At that time the final division will be made, and the true saints will be separated from the false professors.
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